How common is the surname Lenker?

1,067 people in the United States had the surname Lenker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. It ranked 23,725th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lenker?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lenker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lenker?

Adrianne Lenker, American musician.

Where is the surname Lenker most common?

Wikidata records people named Lenker in the United States.

Is the surname Lenker getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,067 in 2010, down 8.7%.

The surname Lenker

A surname, carried by 1,067 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lenker is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,067 people named Lenker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. That is down 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,169.

#23,725

rank among US surnames

1,067

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,960)

Who is named Lenker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Lenker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lenkers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adrianne Lenker
American musician, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lenker

Linker

Lenker has the Soundex code L526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L526.

Questions

How common is the surname Lenker?: 1,067 people in the United States had the surname Lenker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. It ranked 23,725th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lenker?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lenker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lenker?: Adrianne Lenker, American musician.
Where is the surname Lenker most common?: Wikidata records people named Lenker in the United States.
Is the surname Lenker getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,067 in 2010, down 8.7%.